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Buzz Williams attended a junior college. He barged his way into coaching there and earned his nickname in the process. Most telling, the top four scorers on the first of Williams' Sweet 16 teams at Marquette were junior-college transfers. So it is no surprise that the man charged with reviving Virginia Tech basketball has landed a JUCO player in his initial Hokies recruiting class. As first reported by CBSSports.com's Jon Rothstein on Monday, Shane Henry of Georgia Perimeter College is Virginia Tech-bound. A 6-foot-6 forward, he chose the Hokies over Texas Tech, the Roanoke Times' Mark Berman reported. Henry is Tech basketball's first junior-college recruit since...

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Buzz Williams attended a junior college. He barged his way into coaching there and earned his nickname in the process. Most telling, the top four scorers on the first of Williams' Sweet 16 teams at Marquette were junior-college transfers.
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